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My cousin and I would duel till dusk,

cap pistol gunfights, snarls and taking turns

using the only badge we had from the dime store.

 

Courage boasts of ten year-old vigor,

no villain would ever make us yellow,

sleeping with our toy guns, dreaming defending the range against rustlers.

 

All was heaven and we were heroes

until that day we rode the train at Knott's Berry Farm in our cowboy duds,

bandit holding it up blast of blanks, as we trembled with hands in the air sure he was real,

us learning brave talk wasn't enough to keep from big wet spots off our zippers!

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Photo credit to me Roaddog Wolf, "two tough hombres"
(me and my brother)

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  • Roaddog Wolf
    July 27, 2008
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    LOL this was a fun read

    and funny closing line har har lol

    Thank you for your entry and good luck in the contest


  • dustookie2
    July 26, 2008

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    I guess you speak from experience at least I had the law on my side and I could squeal like a girl. Brilliant take on the prompt. Good luck. I can just picture this happening LMAO.


  • Rose Angel gold member
    July 14, 2008

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    Wow! How familiar your write with remembering my brothers and cap guns, cowboy hats, and all the adventures that were mine growing up with them! Knotts Berry farm train is a real thriller for old and young, having been there myself twice!..and your reference to it, is no surprise how it affects the young..I thought this was a good ending as the two tough hombres find that they are still young and vulnerable despite the imagined world of bandits, holdups and the like...A wonderful write as always Penman, and being it has Roaddogs' childhood picture makes it extra special, and so suited to your theme! This is a winner! Bravo!


  • maralisa silver member
    July 14, 2008

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    wonderful poem loved the last line
    Courage boasts of ten year-old vigor,no villain would ever make us yellow, as we trembled with hands in the air sure he was real,us learning brave talk wasn't enough to keep from big wet spots off our zippers!good luck in the contest